After the New Year, the eldest prince moved out of the palace first, followed by the third prince, and then Yinzhen followed suit.

The residences of the eldest and third princes were exquisite and unique, and they were the envy and praise of many at the housewarming banquet on the day they moved in.

On the day Yinzhen established his own residence, his brothers came to his mansion for the housewarming banquet. Seeing the decorations, the Third Prince couldn't help but say sourly, "Fourth Brother's mansion is much more exquisite than ours. The Construction Bureau really put in a lot of effort."

It is indeed much more exquisite now, after all, the construction department really put money into it in the end.

The settlement allowance given by Emperor Kangxi was ultimately insufficient for him to build his own residence.

For this, Yinzhen had to thank the Construction Department properly.

Then Yinzhen looked at the Third Prince and said, "The Construction Department has indeed put in a lot of effort. The residences of the Eldest Brother and the Third Brother have been renovated quite well."

The Third Prince remained silent. Before seeing his residence, he thought it was quite nice, but after seeing it, he felt something was amiss.

They're all princes, so why is the fourth prince so lucky? It's outrageous!

When the Fourth Prince was visiting, everyone thought he was quite good. They also heard that the mansion was built by Yinzhen himself, and the Ninth Prince, whose relationship with Yinzhen was not particularly strained, said shrewdly, "Fourth Brother, when I leave the palace to build my own mansion, could you also draw a feng shui map for me? I don't have high requirements, just something similar to your mansion."

When the Tenth Prince heard that his Ninth Brother had spoken up, he also said, "Fourth Brother, could you draw one for me too? I'll be leaving the palace to build my own residence with Ninth Brother, so you can't be biased towards one over the other."

He didn't even agree, so how can you bring up favoritism?

However, Yinzhen did not refuse his two clever younger brothers. After all, he was quite interested in designing the mansion. One mansion was not enough for him to do. Now that someone had recognized his work and they were brothers with whom he had a decent relationship, it wouldn't hurt to have them draw two geomantic maps.

After the Ninth and Tenth Princes started, the Fifth Prince also spoke up rather shyly: "Fourth Brother, look, I'll be getting married soon, and I won't be able to leave the palace and build my own residence for a long time. Why don't you book my residence too!"

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen thought to himself that they really treated him like someone from the Construction Department. However, his fifth brother was an honest man, and he had a good relationship with him.

So Yinzhen agreed.

Once there was one, then two, then three, and naturally, he couldn't refuse the rest, so Yinzhen really took on quite a few "orders".

Somehow, this matter reached Kangxi's ears, and he couldn't help but feel happy, thinking that Yinzhen was a good person who always thought of his brothers.

As he pondered this, he thought of Yinzhen's flaw and urged him to investigate further to see if there were any similar precedents. Kangxi was truly troubled by his son's inability to touch women!

The more Yinzhen pleased him, the more troubled he became.

The more outstanding someone is, the more noticeable their flaws become. The perfectionist Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but worry when he saw Yinzhen.

In the Tong family mansion, after the women fell in love with raising cats, the daily greetings became about cats, which caused some trouble for the men in the mansion.

In the evening, you might not feel like spending time with your wife, but she excitedly talks about the baby here and there, the baby, the baby, the baby, the baby everywhere, and doesn't seem to care about them at all.

The only one who mentioned kittens less was Fucha, but she didn't mention kittens, she mentioned sons!

In short, life in the manor was quite interesting.

Before she knew it, the season of warm weather and blooming flowers arrived. Only then did Shumulu remember that her daughter was to be selected for the imperial concubine selection this year, and she should start preparing.

I was so engrossed in raising cats that I completely forgot about her.

Now that she's remembered, she naturally has to start making plans for her daughter. She doesn't expect her daughter to go all the way, but she wants her to know a few familiar people so that they can help each other during the talent show.

Tong Cheng'er was taken to some banquets by Shumulu Shi. She wanted to refuse, but every time she tried, Shumulu Shi would say, "I've let you have your way for so many years. This time, I can't let you have your way anymore."

Well, looking back on her years of lazy, unambitious life, Tong Cheng'er realized that it had indeed been a bit excessive.

Then I thought about it again, and since the draft was coming up soon and I wouldn't be able to go out many times, I stopped thinking about slacking off.

In the past two years, Tong Cheng'er has become less withdrawn from the outside world. After several banquets, she has actually made a few peers with whom she can talk.

Shumulu was pleased to see this.

My daughter has never liked crowds. Even before she could speak, she would become unhappy whenever there were many people around.

As she grew up, although she would occasionally tell her that this was not good, she still indulged her mischief. Now that she was willing to go out and make friends, even if she didn't make many, this was a good start for Shumulu.

She was just enjoying the changes in her daughter when she received a wedding invitation from Liu Shaoyi.

The wedding invitation bore the names of Liu Shaoyi and Yu Sirou.

When Shumulu saw this, her expression was complicated. She had completely given up on the idea of ​​making Liu Shaoyi her son-in-law, but she had once thought highly of Liu Shaoyi. Now that he had married Yu Sirou, Shumulu couldn't quite put her finger on what to feel, but she just felt something was off.

However, now that the wedding invitations have been sent, someone should be sent over.

That evening, Shumulu told Alhatu about it: "I received Liu Shaoyi's wedding invitation today."

Al-Hatu asked again, "Wedding invitation? What wedding invitation?"

Shumulu explained, "Liu Shaoyi is going to marry his cousin."

Upon hearing this, Al-Hatu sighed, then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that he got married; I've fulfilled his father's dying wish."

Seeing his completely indifferent expression, Shumulu couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have any thoughts?"

Al-Hatu countered, "What ideas do I need?"

Shumulu muttered, "After all, I once genuinely considered him my son-in-law."

Alhatu shook his head and said, "He once said he would wait until after the imperial examinations to get married, but he changed his mind so easily. I'm actually glad! At least we didn't have to wait until our daughter fell into his trap to find out how easily he could change his mind. As for anything else, I don't have any other thoughts. Don't you think so?"

Shumulu thought about it and realized that it made sense. She had heard the news out of the blue, but hadn't really thought about it much. Now that she thought about it this way, she felt much better.

Then he sighed and said, "Our Cheng'er is really lucky. I used to think Liu Shaoyi was perfect, but then he had a cousin who made Cheng'er dislike him. Now it seems we should thank this cousin."

Al-Hatu nodded: "That makes sense!"

Before going to sleep, Al-Hatu instructed, "Prepare a generous gift for Liu Shaoyi, as it will show our goodwill."

Shumulu nodded: "Of course, I can tell the difference between what's important and what's not."

The last people to attend Liu Shaoyi and Yu Sirou's wedding were Tong Xuean and Shumulu.

Al-Hatu had originally planned to go in person, but he was indeed too busy to go.

As for Tong Xuewu and Tong Xuewen, they were also busy.